In this Aug. 4, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama stands with AFL-CIO Presidet Richard Trumka after speaking about jobs and the economy in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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America's top union official delivered a verbal slap to President Obama today, saying Obama has hopped aboard the Tea Party bandwagon while throwing jobs under the bus, reports Talking Points Memo. So it's decision time, says the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka: Obama can buckle down on unemployment, or he can “continue to work with the Tea Party to offer cuts to middle-class programs like Social Security, all the while pretending the deficit is where our economic problems really lie.” And if he takes the latter route, Trumka says his union might just skip the Democratic convention.

“If they don't have a jobs program I think we'd better use our money doing other things,” Trumka told a Christian Science Monitor roundtable. Obama’s latest job-creation measures, like extending the payroll tax cut, are just “nibbly things that aren't going to make a difference.” Trumka is on Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, but he says “it's a legitimate question whether that commission has done anything worthwhile.” Obama first went wrong “when he confused job crisis with the deficit crisis a number of months ago,” Trumka concludes.

Oh jesus, it's not like he could get anything of any use through the tea-bagger laden house anyway.

GenericLeftist

Aug 25, 2011 8:35 PM CDT

Obama should burn in hell for being in bed with that tea party!

guvner

Aug 25, 2011 7:50 PM CDT

Pinky ringed union boss has learned the lessons of the other liberal constituencies. First, the gays made some fart noises about the Obama ignoring their cause. RESULT: Obama panders evolves his view on gay marriage. He loosens the grip on DADT, DOMA, and pushes the UN to pass that silly resolution. Next in line to whine are the radical Hispanic activists, shaking a fist at Obama over his up to then commendable anti-illegal alien crackdown. RESULT: Obama runs and hides with tail behind his legs and eviscerates the program. Next, the beggars of the Congressional Black Caucus display their finely honed histrionics at the Obama. RESULT: Widespread affirmative action hiring policies imposed on all gov. agencies. The new mortgage refinancing rules also have that flavor. So now this hack union pig oinks loudly at the Obama. RESULT: just you wait.